Collapsible battery handle



July 19, 1932. w. P. ROCHE COLLAPSIBLE BATTERY HANDLE Filed Dec; 17, 1930 Fla.

l/IVEl/TOR #7744 7 E Roe/re GUS 4770/24 5).

Patented July 19 1932 WILLEAE P. ROCHE, 0F WGOD, it-"i oonnarsmnn BATTWY EMDLE- Application filed December 17, 1930. serial No. t lt.

The object of my invention is to provide a handle for storage batteries which shall be collapsible inv use so as to require a minimum of headroom for the storage battery when 5 mounted in an automobile or other confined L location. i

For a further expositionot my invention reference may be had to the annexed drawing and specification at the end whereof my to invention will be specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawin Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing my dere vice applied to one end of a storage battery casing. a

Figure 3 is aside elevation of the device shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a verticalcross section on line 8t ll of Figure 3.

-in the embodiment chosen for illustration in the drawing there is shown a storage battery casing generally indicated at 1 which has at its opposite ends notches 2. These notches are adapted to receive collapsible handles.

The handles consist of the ipportions 3 which have their opposite on s 4 bent under. The grip portions 3 are held in positionby tace plates 5 which extend over the bent ends 4. Face plates 5 have theirlower ends 6 inwardly bent to cooperate with shoulders on the storage battery jar or casing 1 and their upper ends 66 inwardly bent so as to rest aiainst the side wall of the battery casing. T ere are also provided above face plates 5 top plates 7 having their inner ends 8 bent so as to cooperate with another shoulder on the casing 1 and their outer ends 9 bent to receive the upper ends of the face plates 5. Face plates 5 and top plates 7 are clamped on the casing 1 by means of bolt 10 which passes through openings in the top plate and 1n the bent lower edgeof the face plate. Bolt 10 t5 also holds in position holddown brackets 11 WhlCll receive rods 12 for securing the battery in the car.

As will be seen from the foregoing descrip-- tion the grlp portion 3 is slidable in the face plates 5 and the top plates 7. The grip por n the container wall.

tion 3 may therefore be allowed to collapse to the full line position shown in Figure 3 or may be lifted to the upper position so that the bent ends 4;- rest beneath the-bent edges 66 of face plate 5 for carr ing the battery.

I do not intend to be ixnltcd in the practice of my invention save as the scope of the prior art and of the attached claim may require.

I claim:

A handle for storage battery containers comprising a grip having inturned ends with space between, a mounting in which said grip is afiorded a range of sliding movement parallel with a wall ofthe container, said mounting comprising interengaging face and top plates, each adapted to engage a wall of the container with space between the face of the wall and the plates in which space the ends of the grip have limited sliding movement, and a bolt engaging said plates and arran 1 ed between the inturned ends of the grip an in the space provided between the plates and ice 

